Jayhawks Giles, Moody big gainers

C.J. Giles and Christian Moody are the unofficial weight-gain champions from last season to this season, according to official figures on Kansas University's 2005-06 preseason men's basketball roster.

Giles, a 6-foot-10 sophomore forward, weighs 235 pounds, up 15 from his freshman season. Moody, a 6-8 senior, is listed at at 220 pounds, up 15 pounds from last year.

Four other Jayhawks have experienced double-digit weight gains.

Russell Robinson, a 6-1 sophomore, weighs 196 pounds, up 11 from his listed weight of 185 a year ago.

Sasha Kaun, a 6-11 sophomore, enters at 246 pounds, up 11 pounds. Stephen Vinson, a 6-2 senior, weighs 195, up 10 from a year ago, and Jeremy Case, 6-1 from McAlester, Okla., weighs 170, up 10 from a year ago.

Jeff Hawkins is the only returning Jayhawk to change his roster number - from No. 1 to No. 55 for his senior season. He will be wearing the number of his roommate, Moulaye Niang, who wore 55 a year ago, but has left the team because of persistent back problems.